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Steve Hopkins
Rain Garden Ornamentals
49-041 Kamehameha Hwy
Hakipu’u, Hawaii 96744
Steve Hopkins relocated to Hawai’i and begun setting up Rain Garden Ornamentals after retiring from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Marine Resources Division. Most of the twenty-eight years of service to that agency was devoted to aquaculture research and development. Space limitations preclude inclusion of a complete curriculum vita, but the highlights are outlined here.
From July 1983 to September 2000, he was Managing Director of the James M. Waddell Jr. Mariculture Research and Development Center of the S.C. Marine Resources Division. During this period he also:
conceptualized and served as principal investigator on a state-funded project to propagate marine ornamentals;
was the in-state project coordinator for a NOAA supplemental appropriation designed to alleviate constraints to development of a domestic shrimp farming industry;
was the principal investigator and project leader on a program to propagate rare, threatened and endangered plants native to South Carolina for use in restoration projects.
conceptualized and served as principal investigator on a Sea Grant-funded project, Development of Environmentally-Friendly Coastal Aquaculture Technologies.
served as principal investigator on a Southern Regional Aquaculture Center project to characterize the effluent from commercial striped bass hybrid farms and demonstrate that water discharges were not needed.
acted as co-principal investigator on an USDA Marine Shrimp Farming Consortium grant.
Between 1972 and 1984, he served as Regional Marine Biologist for the South Carolina Marine Resources Division in the southern half of the coast, and served as an aquaculture biologist for the Marine Resources Research Institute.
At various times, he was a member of various professional organizations including, World Aquaculture Society, U.S. Aquaculture Society, S.C. Aquaculture Association, National Shellfisheries Association, International Bulb Society, and American Society of Horticultural Scientist. At various times, have served as officer or board member in professional organizations. This included being elected to the Board of Directors of the U.S. Aquaculture Society in 1991 and 1992, elected vice-president in 1993, president-elect in 1994 and president in 1995. In 1996, was elected treasurer of the parent organization, World Aquaculture Society and sat on the Executive Committee of that organization. In 1997 and 1998, was nominated and ran for President of that organization. In 1999 served as the chief editor for the International Bulb Society.
Between 1975 and 1999, he was the author or co-author on about forty-five peer reviewed journal articles or book chapters on various aquaculture topics. Also during this time, from one to six technical presentations were made at professional conferences each year.
In the past few years, Rain Garden Ornamentals has been the recipient of several industry development grants including:
Commercialization of marine angelfish (Centropyge spp.) and scarlet cleaner shrimp (Lysmata amboiensis) aquaculture. 2001. NOAA. Pacific Tropical Ornamental Fish Program. $10,000.
Hawaii production of the Banggai cardinal fish. 2002. NOAA. Pacific Tropical Ornamental Fish Program. $3,400.
Cooperative Internet marketing of Hawai’I ornamental fish. 2002. NOAA. Pacific Tropical Ornamental Fish Program. $9,998.
Development of a water chestnut aquaculture system for Hawaii. 2003. USDA. CSREES. Development and Marketing of Natural Healthcare and Food Products Derived from Hawaii Plant Aquaculture and Mariculture. $8,680.
Diversifying the marine ornamentals product line. 2003. NOAA. Pacific Tropical Ornamental Fish Program. $10,695.
Creation of a vertically integrated consortium for production and marketing of Hawaii ornamental fish. 2003 NOAA. Pacific Tropical Ornamental Fish Program. subcontractor $12,516.
Developing Best Practice Standards for Cultured Marine Ornamentals, Certifying Hawai’i's Producers, and Marketing Hawai’i's Marine Aquarium Council (MAC) Certified Marine Ornamentals. 2003 NOAA. Pacific Tropical Ornamental Fish Program. subcontractor $8,000.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND CIRCULATED MANUSCRIPTS
Bearden, C.M., D.M. Cupka, C.R. Farmer, J.D. Whitaker and J.S. Hopkins. 1979. Information on Establishing a soft-shell crab operation in South Carolina. Marine Resources Division Special Publication. 21pp.
Browdy, C.L., D. Bratvold, J.S. Hopkins, and P.A. Sandifer. 1997. Aspects of microbial ecology and shrimp pond management. Book of Extended Abstracts, IV Central American Symposium on Aquaculture, April 22-24, 1997, Tegucigalpa, Hondouras. World Aquaculture Society, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. 3pp.
Browdy, C.L., J.D. Holloway Jr., J.S. Hopkins, and P.A. Sandifer. 1993. Implementation of greenhouse enclosed headstart nursery technology for penaeid shrimp culture in temperate regions. From Discovery to Commercialization. Abstracts of Contributions Presented at the International Conference World Aquaculture '93. European Aquaculture Society Special Publication No. 19.
Browdy, C.L., J.D. Holloway, C.O. King, A.D. Stokes, J.S. Hopkins and P.A. Sandifer. 1993. IHHN virus and intensive culture of Penaeus vannamei: Effect of stocking density and water exchange rates. Journal of Crustacean Biology 13(1): 87-94.
Browdy C.L. and J.S. Hopkins (editors). 1995. Swimming Through Troubled Water, Proceedings of the Special Session on Shrimp Farming, Aquaculture '95. World Aquaculture Society, Baton Rouge, LA USA. 253 pp.
Browdy, C.L., J.S. Hopkins, R.J. Rhodes, A.D. Stokes, and P.A. Sandifer. 1994. Improving the outlook for profitability of shrimp culture in South Carolina: maturation to marketing. In: T. McIlwain and G. Pruder eds. U.S. Marine Shrimp Farming Program 10th Anniversary Review. Special Publication No. 1 Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, MI USA Pages 35-46.
Browdy, C.L., McGovern-Hopkins, K. J.S. Hopkins, A.D. Stokes and Sandifer, P.A. 1996. Factors affecting the reproductive performance of the Atlantic white shrimp Penaeus setiferus in conventional and unisex tank systems. Journal of Applied Aquaculture 6:11-25.
Browdy, C.L., A.D. Stokes, J.S. Hopkins and P.A. Sandifer. 1995. Improving sustainability of shrimp pond water resource utilization. Proceedings of the Third Ecuadorian Aquaculture Conference, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Brune, D.E. and J.S. Hopkins. 1990. Enhancing BOD sedimentation rates of shrimp pond discharge water with cationic polymers and metal salts. World Aquaculture 90, Halifax, Canada, June 1990. Abstract T6.2
Brune, D.E. & J.S. Hopkins. 1991. Sensitivity analysis of a comprehensive water quality model for predicting oxygen levels in an estuary receiving aquaculture effluent. Unpublished. 58pp.
Chamberlain, G.W. and J.S. Hopkins. 1994. Reducing water use and feed cost in intensive shrimp ponds. World Aquaculture 25(3)29-32.
Elliott, S.V., Browdy, C.L., J.S. Hopkins and P.A. Sandifer. 1993. Relationship between anemone growth in culture tanks, pleopod lesions and vibriosis in Penaeus vannamei. Conference Abstracts - U.S. Aquaculture: Competing Within a Global Economy. January 1993, Hilton Head Island, SC. S.C. Aquaculture Association.
Heffernan, J.A., J.S. Hopkins and T.I.J. Smith. 1993. Characterization of striped bass hybrid effluent and pond water quality. Conference Abstracts - U.S. Aquaculture: Competing Within a Global Economy. January 1993, Hilton Head Island, SC. S.C. Aquaculture Association.
Holloway, J.D., C.L. Browdy, P.A. Sandifer, J.S. Hopkins and A.D. Stokes. 1993. Application of greenhouse enclosed raceway technology for intensive nursery culture of Penaeus vannamei in South Carolina. Conference Abstracts - U.S. Aquaculture: Competing Within a Global Economy. January 1993, Hilton Head Island, SC. S.C. Aquaculture Association.
Holloway, J.D., Jr., C.L. Browdy, P.A. Sandifer, J.S. Hopkins, A.D. Stokes and J.R. Richardson, II. 1994. Comparison of the effects of four feeding regimes on the production of Penaeus vannamei in tanks. pg 269 In: World Aquaculture '94. World Aquaculture Society, Baton Rouge, LA.
Hopkins, J.S. 1985. Aquaculture Fact Sheet. South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium. Special Publication.
Hopkins, J.S. 1985. A brief review of mariculture candidates for South Carolina. Waddell Mariculture Center Special Publication. 8pp.
Hopkins, J.S. 1985. Culture Synopsis: Non-grooved penaeid shrimp. Presented at Regional Conference on Aquaculture - An Agribusiness Opportunity. Point South, S.C. August, 1985.
Hopkins, J.S. 1985. Culture Synopsis: Redfish. Presented at Regional Conference on Aquaculture - An Agribusiness Opportunity. Point South, S.C. August, 1985.
Hopkins, J.S. 1986. Various aspects of the aquaculture industry in Taiwan with special reference to commercial culture of the grass prawn Penaeus monodon. manuscript summarized in Aquaculture Digest 11:11, November 1986.
Hopkins, J.S. 1987. Semi-intensive culture in salt water. In G. Chamberlain, ed. Manual on Red Drum Aquaculture. Texas Agricultural Extension Service Publication.
Hopkins, J.S. 1989. Shrimp farming in South Carolina: Bonanza or black hole? Presented at Fish Farming Expo III, New Orleans, LA. December 1989.
Hopkins, J.S. 1990. Semi-Intensive grow out in saltwater. In: G.W. Chamberlain, R.J. Miget and M.G. Haby, eds. Red Drum Aquaculture, Proceedings of a Symposium on the Culture of Red Drum and Other Warm Water fishes. Texas A&M University Sea Grant College Program. Galveston, TX.
Hopkins, J.S. 1991. Status and history of marine and freshwater shrimp farming in South Carolina and Florida. pp 17-35 In: P.A. Sandifer, ed. Shrimp Culture in North America and the Caribbean. World Aquaculture Society. Baton Rouge, LA.
Hopkins, J.S. 1992. Shrimp culture in the United States. In: A.W. Fast and L.J. Lester, eds. Culture of Marine Shrimp: Principles and Practices. Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., Amsterdam.
Hopkins, J.S. 1994. An apparatus for continuous removal of sludge and foam fractions in intensive shrimp ponds. Progressive Fish Culturist vol 56:135-139.
Hopkins, J.S. 1994. Elimination of water exchange in intensive shrimp ponds: Technologies for water quality management. pg 121 In: World Aquaculture '94. World Aquaculture Society, Baton Rouge, LA.
Hopkins, J.S. 1994. A decade of research and development on the South Carolina coast: Activities at the Waddell Mariculture Center. Water Farming Journal 8(5): 3-6.
Hopkins, J.S. 1996. Aquaculture Sustainability: Avoiding the pitfalls of the Green Revolution. World Aquaculture Magazine 27(2): 13-15
Hopkins, J.S. 1995. Characterization and factors controlling the quality of effluent from intensive shrimp ponds. Program and Abstracts Aquaculture '95. World Aquaculture Society, Baton Rouge, LA.
Hopkins, J.S., M.L. Baird, O.P. Grados, P.P. Maier, P.A. Sandifer and A.D. Stokes. 1988. Impacts of intensive shrimp production on the culture pond ecosystem. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 19(1): 37A conference abstract.
Hopkins, J.S., D.T. Belanger, M.A. Salinger, D.C. Payne, D. Fuze, A.M. Stone, B.G. Ellis, P.A. Sandifer and A.D. Stokes. 1987. The magnitude and production of the semi-intensive penaeid shrimp farming industry in South Carolina. Presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the World Aquaculture Society, Guayaquil, Ecuador, January 1987.
Hopkins, J.S., C.L. Browdy, P.A. Sandifer and A.D. Stokes. 1991. Aeration in intensive shrimp ponds and its relationship to other management characteristics. Program and Abstracts of Annual Meeting of World Aqauculture Society, San Juan, PR, June 1991.
Hopkins, J.S., C.L. Browdy, P.A. Sandifer and A.D. Stokes. 1995. Effect of two feed protein levels and two feed rate, stocking density combinations on water quality and production in intensive shrimp ponds which do not utilize water exchange. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 26(1): 93-97.
Hopkins, J.S., C.L. Browdy, R.D. Hamilton and J.A. Heffernan. 1995. The effect of low-rate sand filtration coupled with careful feed management on effluent quality, pond water quality and production of intensive shrimp ponds. Estuaries Journal 18(1A): 116-123.
Hopkins, J.S., M.R. DeVoe, P.A. Sandifer, A.F. Holland and C.L. Browdy. 1995. The environmental impacts of shrimp farming with special reference to the situation in the continental U.S. Estuaries 18:25-42.
Hopkins, J.S., R.D. Hamilton, II, P.A. Sandifer and C.L. Browdy. 1993. The production of bivalve mollusks in intensive shrimp ponds and their effect on shrimp production and water quality. World Aquaculture Magazine 24(2): 74-77.
Hopkins, J.S., R.D. Hamilton, II, P.A. Sandifer, C.L. Browdy and A.D. Stokes. 1993. Effect of water exchange rate on production, water quality, effluent characteristics and nitrogen budgets of intensive shrimp ponds. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 24: 304-320.
Hopkins, J.S. and P.A. Sandifer. 1993. Development of environmentally sensitive shrimp aquaculture. From Discovery to Commercialization. Abstracts of Contributions Presented at the International Conference World Aquaculture '93. European Aquaculture Society Special Publication No. 19.
Hopkins, J.S. and P.A. Sandifer. 1995. Progress towards resolution of sustainability issues in South Carolina shrimp aquaculture. pp 175-184 In: Proceedings of the PACON Conference on Sustainable Aquaculture 95. The Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology. Honolulu, HA.
Hopkins, J.S., P.A. Sandifer, C.L. Browdy and A.D. Stokes. 1993. Progress in development of intensive shrimp pond production systems which minimize the potential for environmental impact. Conference Abstracts - U.S. Aquaculture: Competing Within a Global Economy. January 1993, Hilton Head Island, SC. S.C. Aquaculture Association.
Hopkins, J.S., P.A. Sandifer and C.L. Browdy. 1994. Sludge management in intensive pond culture of shrimp: Effect of management regime on water quality, sludge characteristics, nitrogen extinction and shrimp production. Aquaculture Engineering 13: 11-30.
Hopkins, J.S., P.A. Sandifer and C.L. Browdy. 1995. A review of water management regimes which abate the environmental impacts of shrimp farming. In: C.L. Browdy and J.S. Hopkins eds. Swimming Through Troubled Water, Proceedings of the Special Session on Shrimp Farming, Aquaculture '95. World Aquaculture Society, Baton Rouge, LA.
Hopkins, J.S., P.A. Sandifer and C.L. Browdy. 1995. Resolution of sustainability issues in South Carolina shrimp aquaculture: progress to date and future direction. Pages 131-138 In: B.J. Keller et al. eds. Proceedings of the 24th US-Japan Aquaculture Panel Symposium. Corpus Christi, Texas, October 8-10, 1995. UNJR Technical Report No. 24. NOAA, Washington DC, USA.
Hopkins, J.S., P.A. Sandifer and C.L. Browdy. 1997. Comparison of exchange and no-exchange water management strategies for the intensive pond culture of marine shrimp. Journal of Shellfish Research 15(2): 441-445
Hopkins, J.S., P.A. Sandifer and C.L. Browdy. 1997. Results of recent comparisons of production from intensive shrimp ponds operated with and without water exchange. Proceedings of IV Central American Symposium on Aquaculture. Teguchigalpa, Honduras. World Aquaculture Society, Baton Rouge LA.
Hopkins, J.S., P.A. Sandifer, C.L. Browdy and J.D. Holloway. 1996. Comparison of exchange and no-exchange water management strategies for the intensive pond culture of marine shrimp. Journal of Shellfish Research 15(2): 441-445.
Hopkins, J.S. P.A. Sandifer, M.R. DeVoe, A.F. Holland, C.L. Browdy and A.D. Stokes. 1995. The environmental impacts of shrimp farming with special reference to the situation in the continental U.S. Estuaries Journal 18(1A): 25-42.
Hopkins, J.S., P.A. Sandifer, A.D. Stokes and C.L. Browdy. 1991. The effect of minimal water exchange on the water quality and production of intensive marine shrimp ponds. p 33, Program and Abstracts, 22nd Annual Conference, World Aquaculture Society, WAS, Baton Rouge, LA.
Hopkins, J.S., T.I.J. Smith, A.D. Stokes and P.A. Sandifer. 1988. Winter survival of fingerling red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) in South Carolina culture ponds. Contributions in Marine Science 30:5-10.
Hopkins, J.S., A.D. Stokes, P.A. Sandifer, R.A. Smiley & T.R. McTeer 1986 Spawning and growout trials with red drum in South Carolina. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 40:178-186.
Hopkins, J.S., A.D. Stokes, C.L. Browdy and P.A. Sandifer. 1991. The relationship between feeding rate, paddlewheel aeration rate and expected dawn dissolved oxygen in intensive shrimp ponds. Aquacultural Engineering 19: 281-290.
Hopkins, J.S. and J. Villalón. 1992. Synopsis of industrial panel input on shrimp pond management. In: J.A. Wyban, ed. Proceedings of the Special Session on Shrimp Farming. World Aquaculture Society. Baton Rouge, LA.
Jahncke, M., M.B. Hale, J.A. Gooch & J.S. Hopkins. 1988. Comparison of pond-raised and wild red drum (Scianops ocellatus) with respect to proximate composition, fatty acid profiles and sensory evaluations. Journal of Food Science 53:286-287.
Jenkins, W.E., T.I.J. Smith, J.S. Hopkins, J.A. Heffernan and M.L. Baird. 1993. Intensive brackish water pond culture of striped bass hybrids with minimal water exchange. From Discovery to Commercialization. Abstrates of Contributions Presented at the International Conference World Aquaculture '93. European Aquaculture Society Special Publication No. 19.
Rhodes, R.J., C.L. Browdy, J.S. Hopkins, P.A. Sandifer and A.D. Stokes. 1993. Comparative financial analysis of culturing Penaeus vannamei vs. P. setiferus in South Carolina. Conference Abstracts - U.S. Aquaculture: Competing Within a Global Economy. January 1993, Hilton Head Island, SC. S.C. Aquaculture Association.
Rhodes, R.J., P.A. Sandifer, J.S. Hopkins and J.M. Whetstone. 1987. Financial analysis of semi-intensive penaeid shrimp farming in South Carolina: April, 1987 update. Supplement to SCWMRD Technical Report Series.
Sandifer, P.A., C.L. Browdy, A.D. Stokes, J.S. Hopkins and M.L. Baird. 1993. Hyper-intensive culture of Pacific white shrimp, Penaeus vannamei, in ponds. Conference Abstracts - U.S. Aquaculture: Competing Within a Global Economy. January 1993, Hilton Head Island, SC. S.C. Aquaculture Association.
Sandifer, P.A. and J.S. Hopkins. 1995. Conceptual design of a sustainable pond-based shrimp culture system. Aquacultural Engineering 15(1): 41-52.
Sandifer, P.A. and J.S. Hopkins. 1994. Development of environmentally sensitive shrimp aquaculture. Industry Briefs: U.S. Marine Shrimp Farming Program 2(2): 2-3.
Sandifer, P.A., J.S. Hopkins and T.I.J. Smith. 1975. Observations on the salinity tolerance and osmoregulation in laboratory-reared Macrobrachium rosenbergii postlarvae. Aquaculture 6: 103-114.
Sandifer, P.A., J.S. Hopkins and T.I.J. Smith. 1977. Production of juveniles: Status of Macrobrachium hatcheries, 1976. pp 201-231, In: J.A. Hansen and H.L. Goodwin (eds), Shrimp and Prawn Farming in the Western Hemisphere (Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross, Inc., Stroudsburg, PA.
Sandifer, P.A., J.S. Hopkins and A.D. Stokes. 1987. Intensive culture potential of Penaeus vannamei. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 18(2): 94-100.
Sandifer, P.A., J.S. Hopkins and A.D. Stokes. 1988. Intensification of shrimp culture in earthen ponds in South Carolina: Progress and Prospects. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 19(4): 218-226.
Sandifer, P.A., J.S. Hopkins, A.D. Stokes and C.L. Browdy. 1993. Development of intensive pond culture of marine shrimp in South Carolina: from research to commercial reality. From Discovery to Commercialization. Abstrates of Contributions Presented at the International Conference World Aquaculture '93. European Aquaculture Society Special Publication No. 19.
Sandifer, P.A., J.S. Hopkins, A.D. Stokes and C.L. Browdy. 1994. Preliminary comparisons of the native Penaeus setiferus and Pacific P. vannamei white shrimp for pond culture in South Carolina, USA. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 24: 295-303.
Sandifer, P.A., J.S. Hopkins, A.D. Stokes and G.D. Pruder. 1991. Technological advances in intensive pond culture of shrimp in the United States. in: Frontiers in Shrimp Research, ed. P. DeLoach, W.J. Dougherty and M.A. Davidson, Elsevier Science Pub., Amsterdam. pp 241-256
Sandifer, P.A., J.S. Hopkins, A.D. Stokes and R.A. Smiley. 1993. Experimental pond grow-out of red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, in South Carolina. Aquaculture 118: 217-228.
Sandifer, P.A., A.D. Stokes, J.S. Hopkins and R.A. Smiley. 1991. Further intensification of pond shrimp culture in South Carolina. In: Shrimp Culture in North America and the Caribbean, ed. P.A. Sandifer, World Aquaculture Society, Baton Rouge, LA. pp 84-95.
Smith, T.I.J. and J.S. Hopkins. 1977. An apparatus for separating postlarval prawns, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, from mixed larval populations. Aquaculture 11: 273-278.
Smith, T.I.J. and J.S. Hopkins. 1978. A tank designed for hatching and collecting larvae of the Malaysian prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Progressive Fish Culturist 39(4): 182-183.
Smith, T.I.J., J.S. Hopkins and P.A. Sandifer. 1976. Development of a large scale Artemia hatching system utilizing recirculated seawater. Proceedings of the World Mariculture Society 9: 701-704.